Edmonton bans combative sports events amid review of man's death
 

Follow up of this : Former Alberta UFC fighter dead after knockout hit

The City of Edmonton has issued a temporary one-year ban on new licenses and event permits for combative sports, upsetting some people who work in the fighting industry.

Councillors made the decision after receiving an in-camera update on an independent review into the death of Tim Hague, who died in a boxing match in the city in June.
Hague, a 34-year-old teacher turned mixed martial artist, was injured on June 16 in a heavyweight boxing match against former Edmonton Eskimo Adam Braidwood.
The fight lasted two rounds and ended in a knockout. Hague left the ring under his own power but was rushed to the hospital where he was treated for a brain injury and later died.

CTV Edmonton reports that Hague suffered three knockouts within nine months before his the match against Braidwood, raising questions about whether he should have been allowed to fight.

On Friday night, Braidwood fought in and won what could be Edmonton’s last public boxing match for more than a year.

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Lot and i say Lots of people are not too happy about this decision. :pimp

I wonder what 200 yeas ahead looks like. Could be all around ban on combative sports due to it being inhumane etc.

Most likely.